[Plugin] Flatten and Extrude

thomthom

TT

How about using TIG's Height/datum tool to set Z with your new tool.
Hmmm?

dtr

Set Z? What you mean?

TIG

My Datum tool sets a 'Z' datum in your model [as an attribute] so when z=0 z_datum=123.456m or whatever. Then you use the tool to add text to refer to a point so that floors or points on an elevation etc are given their corrected height above 'datum', rather than z=0...

thomthom

Ok - but how does that relate to this plugin? (I'm confused...)

TIG

I surmise he means instead of flattening everything to z-o allow you to set it to flatten to z=123.456m. Easy done as it's in a group - flatten all to z=0 end with an option to enter a new z or pick a point and move the flattened group up/down to suit the desired z ???

thomthom

@tig said:

flatten all to z=0 end with an option to enter a new z or pick a point and move the flattened group up/down to suit the desired z ???

That would move the top above the lines it extrudes up to. But it's just as easy to just to flatten down to a given Z level.

Anyway - thanks for clearing that up. Will see if I'll be adding that in the future.
Btw, does your Z-Level plugin expose the Z Height publicly? Wondering if I can read the value and use that as default if present.

TIG

Frankly I'd keep them separate...

pilou

Flat land

thomthom

@unknownuser said:

Flat land

Someone's been snooping in the code, eh? It just so happened to be the last book I read.

kwistenbiebel

Nice idea thomthom. Things are busy now, but I will try the plugin in depth at the weekend.
For architects this is extremely useful!
Now I don't have to ask the Rhino guy to do it for me and to import it in SU

By the way,
I love the CookieWare idea! Whenever you're in Australia, please drop by for a beer...

dtrarch

I yield
Just thought that muli-level flat and extrude might be a possible for structural elements and such.

tt many thanks in any case

dtr

utiler

@kwistenbiebel said:

Nice idea thomthom. Things are busy now, but I will try the plugin in depth at the weekend.
For architects this is extremely useful!
Now I don't have to ask the Rhino guy to do it for me and to import it in SU

By the way,
I love the CookieWare idea! Whenever you're in Australia, please drop by for a beer...

Some nice boutique breweries over there, kwist......
After you've had a few beers with kwist, Thom fly across the other side of the country and I'll shout you a few also!!!

thomthom

@kwistenbiebel said:

Now I don't have to ask the Rhino guy to do it for me and to import it in SU

Rhino has a function like this??

thomthom

@dtrarch said:

I yield
Just thought that muli-level flat and extrude might be a possible for structural elements and such.

tt many thanks in any case

dtr

Multi-level flat and extrude? Could you care to explain more what you got in mind?

gavvy

thomthom

I tride this plugin .The groups in the group can't be faltten
Is it a better idea to flatten the group in group,and hold the group of faces?

to build a city ,i always use clf_greeble_2.rb

thomthom

Currently it doesn't dig into nested groups. It only works on the edges directly inside the selected group/component.
Will change that later.

gavvy

@thomthom said:

Currently it doesn't dig into nested groups. It only works on the edges directly inside the selected group/component.
Will change that later.

zorro tool is a good EXAMPLE

Gaieus

Hm. My city has just stopped at 31% (and SU is unresponsive). But I gues there are limitations also (file size and edge count) so maybe I shouldn't be so eager and clean the file up a bit before I try.

thomthom

@gaieus said:

Hm. My city has just stopped at 31% (and SU is unresponsive). But I gues there are limitations also (file size and edge count) so maybe I shouldn't be so eager and clean the file up a bit before I try.

Can you send me the model for debugging?

dtrarch

TT
It seemed useful to be able to flatten selected objects (groups components etc) to adjusted (TIG's)heights above default Z height zero.
Then select and extrude +/- as wanted.
A multi-Z height selection.
Just an idea for consideration.

dtr

thomthom

Been trying to find a way to triangulate Roofs from 3d plans. Will never be perfect, but "good enough" to do the bulk work and get a rough idea of the shape.

Think the name of this plugin isn't fitting any more. It's doing much more building than flattening. "BuildUp"?